The Middle - UNPLUGGED with Anthony Weiner

While Donald Trump’s whole campaign seems to be about shouting insults about made up things, Anthony takes a break from the day-to-day of the 2024 campaign and breaks down the news of the New York City mayor being indicted.  While Anthony isn't impressed by the case, it's still a big deal.  In Ask Anthony Anything, which presidential candidate is the bigger spender? 

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Back in January, Anthony shared the Democratic despair in how tough a year this would be for the fate of control of the United States Senate.  Things looked grim.  So with 40 days to go, do the Democrats have a prayer?  Maybe the prayers are helping.  In Ask Anthony Anything, Senator Vance invites Anthony to talk about one of his favorite subjects - Obamacare.

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In honor of the 100th edition of the show, Anthony goes meta and looks at the arc of the podcast and what has and hasn't worked since it launched nearly two years ago.  We take a break from the news of the week to gaze at the state of the format and the attempt to find “the middle".   In Ask Anthony Anything, what's it like to be Weiner?

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Ok, it's official.  Kamala kicked ass.  But that's just my opinion.  Hear some other voices from 77WABC Radio. 

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Photo ops on hallowed grounds are in the news, but maybe Vice President Harris would rather not talk about the traumatic and deadly withdrawal from America’s longest war.  But if Donald Trump wants to point fingers about the deaths of 13 Marines and over 170 civilians at the hands of the Taliban in Afghanistan, then Anthony wants to introduce some facts to the conversation that Trump wants us to forget.  Also, in Ask Anthony Anything, we try to figure out how windmills make bacon expensive.

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We got caught by surprise a lot in recent weeks as the campaign has taken some epic twists.  But Anthony tries to lay out some of the key dates coming next. It's less than 10 weeks until election day.  Plenty of time for debates, court dates and election law rulings. In Ask Anthony Anything, another take on RFK Jr.

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The Harris coronation is going swimmingly in Chicago as The Donald spends his time not apologizing to the veterans he insulted.  So who’s winning?  It's been a few months since Anthony checked in on the polls (Episode 82) and freaked out a little bit.  Is he feeling any better?  In a word, yes…but.  It's been even longer since he gave us an update on the races in the United States Senate (Episode 63) when he was practically in tears.  Has that improved at all?  Yep.  Also this week in Ask Anthony Anything, who cares about issues anyway?

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The ideal is that candidates make themselves available to the press and take hard questions, right?  Trump has and Harris hasn't. Outrage!  But Anthony asks whether a fact free hour in front of a microphone is anything to cheer about when Trump does just that. If “answering" questions is saying a string of untrue things, then maybe we need new standards. Speaking of double standards, now hacked documents are off limits?  Hillary Clinton 2016 would like a word.

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With only 90 days to work with, Harris has her man.  Minnesota Governor Tim Walz wins the veepstakes. Anthony was pulling for someone else but can barely contain his excitement. Pundits are smart, but a good campaign with a confident team makes good decisions. We check the pros and cons and then look at the contrast with the angry and weird Republican duo.

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Finally a week of relative calm! As we all try on our new campaign environment, the Trump v Harris race still has that new car smell.  So what will it look like for the next…checks notes…97 days?  Anthony has some ideas.  The Orange Man from Florida always brought some heavy weird to the game, but JD Vance is raising it to an art form.  Is this the opening for a campaign that is less about issues and more about name-calling?  Why not?  On the other side, Kamala Harris has a chance to clean up and rebrand without the pesky pressures of a primary.  In Ask Anthony Anything, say my name…correctly.

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